Here’s How Your Cat Sees The World

Ever wondered how your cat sees the world? Artist Nickolay Lamm wondered too, so he consulted with ophthalmologists and veterinarians to put together images of different scenes as they would appear from the viewpoint of a kitty. Thanks to his nifty photo series, we can take a look at the likes of Times Square or a country meadow through the eyes of a kitty.

According to Lamm’s findings, cats’ vision is a lot fuzzier and less colorful than ours, and they can only see things clearly at distances of up to 20 feet. That sounds like a bummer, but they do have broader visual fields than we humans that span about 200 degrees instead of our 180 degrees. Where they really have people beat is night vision – cats have much better perception in low lighting than we do. Their eyes are also better at picking up on fast-moving images or objects, which might explain their paws darting at everything from floating dust particles to dangling yarn. What I really want to know is whether my cat can see what’s happening on the TV when he watches with me. [Wired]